事先

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (事先)		事	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-siên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-sian / sū-sian / sīr-suiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsian
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hsien¹
  - Yale: shr̀-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshian
  - Palladius: шисянь (šisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ sin¹
  - Yale: sih sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-sian
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-sian
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-sian
  - Tâi-lô: sū-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxsiefn
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-suinn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/

Adverb

事先

beforehand; in advance; prior
竊賊事先擋住了監控。 [MSC, trad.]
窃贼事先挡住了监控。 [MSC, simp.]
Qièzéi shìxiān dǎngzhù le jiānkòng. [Pinyin]
The thief covered the security camera in advance.

Synonyms

事前 (shìqián)
代先 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
提前 (tíqián)
預先 / 预先 (yùxiān)
頭裡 / 头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)